
Editor’s Note: The following article was originally published on the National Association of Scholars on May 6, 2026. With edits to match Minding the Campus’s style, it is crossposted here with permission. Lightning rarely…
In Arizona, public universities are taking the state’s best and brightest and diluting their potential. Arizona State University (ASU) and the University of Arizona (UA) together educate nearly 90 percent…
Yale recently released a report asking how universities can “regain trust.” The report offers a familiar list of vague recommendations—“re-center the classroom” (whatever that means), “deliver value,” “focus on the…
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